Cote de Pablo says series “Divine Time” happened

Cote de Pablo poses during the promotional tour “NCIS: Tony and Living” at 2025. San Diego Comic-Con 24. July 2025. in San Diego, California.

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In almost two decades, NCIS fans are enchanted with electric chemistry and slowly ignition of romance between Tony Dinozzo and living David who caused around the world “Tiva”. And now he will get the opportunity to discover what happened to steam when NCIS: Tony and alive Prime Ministers 4. September.

“He felt like a dream,” says Cote de Pablo about a long-lasting reunion with his NCIS partner Michael Weatherli. “Never in a million years, to think that you would revise something that was so special for you. It is exciting to be able to answer so many fans, but it’s exciting again to work with my friend again.”

In front of the debut New paramount + original series This revives beloved characters, Chilean actress shares that the star will want to work together again and their determination encouraged a project that lasted almost a decade to become reality.

“The universe was conserved, and we found ourselves in an incredible adventure abroad, we step back into these shoes we love Drago,” she says.

This adventure is taken from NCIS in the headquarters in Europe, where the series plows toni and alive in the world of international intrigue and espionage, delivering and closing and new beginning of iconic franchise iconic.

“We knew that if we took the show abroad and that we really wanted to invest our energy into researching the relationship between Tony and Live, they could not live in the agency,” said De Pablo. “It doesn’t mean they don’t talk about their friends, and they will also give references about the characters, and that these characters will always be part of Tony and live …. But to tell some action and challenge, you must throw them into complex situations.”

Cote de Pablo AS Ziva David and Michael Veatme as Tony Dinozzo in scene from their new series “NCIS: Tony and Mercury.”

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Travel Tony and Living “Divine Time” Travel

Adoption Tony and alive About life was a journey marked with “divine times,” says De Pablo, references for obstacles and life changes that became on the road. “It took some time. We met important people in Paramount and CBS … and of course, Michael was working on a very long time. And I had to wait for my partner to do with it.”

She thinks in time of six-year-old multi-year-old with his CBS series Taurus. Meanwhile, De Pablo researched work on her “life goals,” who included things that were important to her. She became a mother and focused on the raising was on it. The pandemic has further delayed its plans.

“It’s the time that’s right, not on your hour. Michael and I always believe it will happen, and when it was perfect.”

The streaming format proved crucial force in shaping the story and relationship dynamics.

“We can explore the characters in a different way. If we could do it before that, I don’t think that would live in the same world or gave us the freedom to find us today to be today.”

That freedom is in the heart of the new series. Unlike the procedural structure of the original NCIS, Tony and alive It is rejected from the cassette formula to focus on the character and complex reality of Tony and live life.

(LR) Shovrunner John McNamara, Cote de Pablo and Michael Weather Promotion “NCIS: Toni & Ziva” at 2025. San Diego Comic-Con in San Diego, California.

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“We wanted to take care of a little,” said Pablo. “We wanted to answer the fans’ questions: What happened to these people? How to work? Where are they a parent? How was it a great creative challenge for our showrunner, to really answer that.

To achieve this, McNamara uses flashbaks to leave the past and now surrender to fill the gaps in the life of a married couple, admitting it NCIS origin as it made it an independent story. The evolution of Tony and the living is central in the Emission’s appeal.

“They have a child, they try to cooperate and communicate, even when it is difficult … feelings appear to comply things for these two people,” said De Pablo. “Those fans really want … to see that chemistry, what happened between them. They had something special and … still doing it.”

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For De Pablo, who is now a mother, shows Ziva as a parent, brought a new depth in the role.

“Everything changes. You understand things from the primary point of view.” It emphasizes it, alive doesn’t only fight for bad guys. She fights for her child. “Toni, alive and Tali are the unit, family, and I think it’s the beauty of the show. At the end of the day, it’s a love story, but it’s also about people who need to be there for their child.”

LR COTE DE PABLA AS Ziva, Olivia Brody as Tani and Michael Veatme as Toni – now protective parents in “NCIS: Tony and Mercury.”

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Tony and alive The first time means De Pablo as an executive producer, a role he shares with weather conditions.

“It was organic, because we have long live with these characters,” he says he has mastered a legal role in the creative process, including casting emissions. “That part was so much fun. And you approach him with such a level of compassion, because you were like an actor there.” She also enjoyed Brainstorming and shares ideas with a team. “By the time we were in the episode of four and five, Michael and I was in density. We shot and every day it made it to work and be there for throwing.”

Spinoff has then created significant buzzing First was announced 2024. Years. The first look of Trailer attracted over 8 million views since his edition 5. May. And the official trailer who fell only a month ago, has stopped more than 7.2 million. Instead of setting up the emission expectations, the Pablo focuses on gratitude for the opportunity.

“It was healing and … like a dream,” she says on the first season. “We need to review these characters. We have to get some of the creative journey … and we have to get part of this new family we created so grateful that we could only say that we could say before we had many years ago.”

Tony and alive – The 10-Episode series – is the latest War in the Global NCIS franchise, which has over 300 million viewers on all platforms. New spinophy debut with three episodes 4. September, then weekly on Thursday indulging by the Finals 23. October.

You can check Interview with Cote de Pablo here.